Good evening, everybody.

It is five thirty-three on March tenth.

We will call the City of Clovis Lodges tax meeting to order.

First, we will start with roll call.

Will the clerk please call roll?

Freddie Bryant.

Here.

Commissioner Garza.

Here.

Latasha Padilla.

Mal Epinether.

Here.

Jonathan Nelson.

Thomas Martin.

Here.

Thank you all for joining.

We're going to go through a couple of housekeeping items.

The first is approval of meetings, minutes from the last meeting, which was January thirteenth.

Are there any corrections to the minutes?

We got first motion on Freddie and second from Mel.

All in favor.

All opposed.

So I will be hosting an event on June between the twelfth and the fourteenth.

We will be hosting over a hundred and twelve teams that consist of the 25 over there.

It consists of twenty-five players each team, all coming um being local and from Lubbock.

Kansas City from Houston.

So there is a date change due to uh the excess in and teams that we were already acquiring.

We didn't expect this many to sign up at right up front.

So we were giving them more time to have uh more teams playing also to maintain the fields in the back given that we'll be hosting more than expected.

Uh we're trying to give some time to repair the fields to make sure we can host that large of an event.

And so what were the dates again?

June twelve, thirteen, and fourteen.

So there are six youth categories.

Okay.

So from ages six to fifteen.

Those are the youth categories.

So between New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas, we're expecting a total of forty-eight teams.

Um category, quarantyoche in total.

So okay, but equipo.

Oh, in cada equipo se permiten uh and there's fifteen players per team.

Is there a uh adults as well?

Correct.

There's um in the adultos those categories per couple.

Okay, so we have categories A and B that does not have a defined age group, and we have the veterans group that um veteranos.

Veterans are um ages 35 and up.

Okay.

So it's just those.

And what what's your start times and end times?

No, el viernes de la six a las 9 de la noche.

Okay.

So on Friday, the actual event will be from six to nine.

Um as we as we did in November, we hosted a like a penalty um penalty games where it literally was just penalties.

So and then Saturday and Sunday will be actual tournaments being hosted between seven a.m.

Um they've last time they went all the way to ten p.m.

eleven p.m.

Please keep in mind that although the event is hosted on Friday, they will be arriving days prior.

Um most of them will be here on Thursday.

We do have some just to start get the event started, some that will be coming down even on Wednesday.

And for this reason we are requesting the uh the funds, as it has been previously, um every time we've hosted the event, it's been it's grown ever since we've hosted.

Last year he was named one of the best um one of the best events.

Um they recognized it in the in the United States within the soccer leagues that they that they play in.

And we wish to continue making it greater and bigger every time.

So you mentioned all day Friday.

Correct.

And then all day Saturday.

And then Sunday.

And Sunday, seven a.m.

to around ten.

So we're expecting around twenty six hundred um players only, excluding any family members, parents, um that's not in the roster that will be considered a player.

So we can expect um usually any player that comes, we can expect them to bring at least one person at the very minimum.

So with that being said, we're expecting a minimum of six to six thousand five hundred people to attend.

No Freddy, anything else?

You have the championship trophies, you've got like ten runner-up trophies, but under like goalkeeper trophy.

Is it one goalkeeper trophy?

Is it ten goalkeeper trophies?

Mr.

English, do you mind muting?

Yes, sir.

That's what I'm looking for here.

Hold on one second.

Thank you, sir.

It is one in subconscious per category.

So we have a total of around eleven categories, so we should expect eleven trophies for each.

And as a team they'll receive twenty-five medals, uh, whoever the champion may be.

And same same goes for the runner-up trophies, excluding the MVP trophy.

So you said 25 medals per team.

Twenty-five medals per winner.

Per winning team.

So each category will have one winner, so there should be eleven.

But you'd mentioned earlier 15 players per team.

Fifteen players per team on the in lacoteria de los niños, but that's that's just in the uh youth categories.

So they can have a maximum of uh fifteen players, but on on the field there will be seven versus seven.

So you have your extras, extra players.

Well yeah, you got f you got seven on the field.

Yeah, and then your extras.

But I was wondering why there was twenty-five medals per team per winning team.

Uh I guess because of the MVPs and the goalkeeper.

Okay.

So it each um team will receive a medal and a trophy.

So you're you're adding them all up as twenty-five items they'll receive.

I was just trying to figure out a team of fifteen why they get twenty-five medals.

They're all they're added up together because there's two categories.

There's the youth the youth categories and then the adult categories.

Okay.

So the cab recalcar que no está toa la cantidad exactamente.

Los trofeos del día viernes and medallas del día viernes no estaban includidas porque fue una categoria que se terminó agregando los penalty para traer to uh las personas a la ciudad que vengan a consumir.

And just to keep in mind that these are the numbers based on what we have currently.

As we said earlier, we expecting our team numbers to to grow.

So with that growth, we'll be including more medals and more um more items, more promotional items to that list.

So the penalty kicks uh is that gonna be a cash price also, or penalty by the cash.

So for the adult uh penalties they will be receiving a five thousand dollar cash prize, and in the youth category they'll be receiving a thousand dollar prize and in uh registration for children's on the for the children and youth in the penalties is free with the and uh with the motive to bring people in and kind of show them what it's like to encourage them to come to continue coming the following days, which would be Saturday and Sunday.

And the sixty five hundred that's the fan attendance expected.

Correct.

As of now we're expecting sixty five hundred with if again if the team number grows, we expect that to grow as well.

I think that's it.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next up, John English, Red Rock Roping.

How's it going everybody?

Good, thank you.

Thanks.

Thanks for the help getting on this meeting.

We were we were having some difficulty.

Um thank you.

Thank you.

We would we have your application.

We have done uh we have reviewed it, but we would like to hear any additional information you would like to give to the board uh that might not be able to be put down on paper easier more easily explained over over the phone.

Okay, sounds good.

We've got this had this rope for a number of years down there with you guys.

It's been successful every year.

Last year was the first year that we um stepped in and you know asked for some larger tax help.

Uh had a very successful event, one of our biggest ones that we've had.

Um we bring in lots of ropes from all over the four corners area right there, sell quite a few stalls.

Um we look for this this next weekend, we look for it to be just as big as last year, or possibly bigger.

All of our ropes have been, if it's any kind of a track record, all of our ropings have been up about 20% that we started with the new year right here.

So if that trend happens, we're looking to you know gain quite a few team ropers down there.

Board, any any questions?

So you've got on here 900 teams.

What's a team?

What's a number of teams?

Like what does that equate to?

For as far as ropers?

Yes, sir.

That'll equate to probably about 600 ropers, probably, six or seven hundred.

What kind of fan attendance do you uh anticipate?

Fan attendance?

Basically, the fans are pretty much the family.

Like all the ropers, you know, they bring their families with them and everything.

We don't sell tickets or anything like that.

So it's basically all the ropes that are coming in, they bring their families with them, they bring friends, you know, friends come and watch them rope and stuff like that.

It's not really, you know, a real fan-based deal where people from the local community are gonna come in and watch team rope, and they might come in and watch a little bit, but you're mainly just looking at all the people, all the rubbers that are coming driving in from all over the four corners in the New Mexico, you know, area.

Mr.

Carson.

But then we'll come in the way we have our open set up, they've got to come in Friday night to be able to rub Saturday because they're gonna have to buy a hotel because we start at 9 o'clock the next morning.

So we look at selling two hotel rooms that night, and you know, hopefully, you know, get people to go eat at their local restaurants, buy fuel and everything there, and stay there for two days, and hopefully sell you guys quite a few stalls.

So Mr.

Hawat, we have a question.

Um it's March 21st, 22nd.

When is the in great question, Mr.

Chairman?

And so the City Commission meeting uh where this would be officially uh awarded would be March the 11th.

And so the question and uh that I had was obviously the majority of the funding is going towards the uh saddle.

Oh, the I'm sorry, the 19th.

Yeah.

Uh saddle?

Yep.

And so by the time from the time that the the commission awards on the 19th, um and then the events being on the 21st or 22nd, procurement of those saddles, uh because you can't have any invoices or anything that's pre-the award date by the city commission.

Well, basically what I did, I've already ordered the saddles and I've already put the city of cloves on them, just like we did last year.

This was kind of my bad guys.

I was late to the party here.

I meant to get with you guys early in the fall, right there, and it completely slipped my mind.

I talked to Vicky the other day, got all my paperwork in, got everything in to get me with you guys tonight.

I know we're down to the wire right here.

I took an outside shot that you guys might approve us again, so I went ahead and put you on our saddles.

I put you on all the advertisement that went out.

Um so I'm I'm ahead of the game, and that's I mean, I did just what I did last year.

So as far as all that, all my bases are covered.

Uh so I mean if if we have invoices showing that it was post award, um I mean that's what we reimburse based off of.

Right, yeah.

They've they've already sent us invoices on the saddles and everything.

So we we got those ordered like two months ago.

So I'll have the invoices for the saddles.

So when do I need to have those invoices to you guys?

Yeah.

Yeah, so you you've already purchased them, you've already paid for them.

And so technically we we can't reimburse for those because the invoice date on it.

No, no, no, no, no.

Hold up, hold up, hold up.

I got them ordered.

I haven't written a check for those guys yet.

I don't pay them until after the event.

Okay, gotcha.

They they carry me till I got you.

That was my dad.

All right there.

We don't pay for them until they ship them to us, we give them away.

Then as we do all of our settlement stuff up after the rope and right there, then we pay all of our prize guys, we pay all of our advertising, we pay all of our text bills and the whole thing right there.

Nothing gets paid prior to the event.

The invoice date is what correct.

So we are looking not at pay date, but an invoice date on the saddles.

So if the invoice date is already is in the past, then there's invoiced on these until we I mean you basically get to the event, just like we did last year.

It's no different than it was uh with last year's event.

Okay.

And is that following your guys' guidelines?

I guess I need to ask.

Is that kind of how that needs to be?

I mean, that's how they explained it to me last year.

I didn't pay anything until we got done with the event, then we settled everything up.

That's correct.

You just can't you can't purchase anything until correct.

No, sir, nothing's been purchased yet.

We got the saddles on order, but we have not paid for them yet.

We won't pay for them until after the event.

Okay.

Thank you.

So but I did take it, I take it upon myself to go ahead.

I knew we were gonna be under the gun on this time ice, so I did go ahead and put the city of Clovis on the saddles, so they will look just like they did last year.

Okay.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

I'm good.

John, I I don't think the board has any other questions.

Okay.

Thank you, sir.

Sounds good.

Well, I will uh wait to hear from you guys, and I'll see everybody next week when we get to close.

Thank you guys for your time.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Third application, Dragon Main.

Brian, you coming up?

Good evening.

I'm Brian Boone, co-founder of Dragon Main.

I know most of the board, but you guys may not know me.

Dragon Main is a week-long event.

Dragon Main is free to the public.

Dragon Main puts heads in beds.

Family reunions and Clovis and area high school class reunions are scheduled around Dragon Main.

Dragon Main's reach is nationwide promoting Clovis.

Dragon Main is recognized nationally at shows such as the SEMA, the world's largest automotive manufacturer trade show in Las Vegas, and specialty shows such as the C Ten Nationals in Fort Worth.

And through associations with TV celebrities like Steve Darnell, Las Vegas Rat Rods, Heather Storm, Garage Squad, Joe Zopler, Garage Squad, Tommy Wells, One Way Diesel, Bill Carlton, Texas Metal.

All of these are national celebrities that recognize and promote Clovis.

This is the third time that Dragon Main has presented Lodgers Tax funding request for the 2026 event in an effort to achieve full funding.

Dragon Main has on Clovis.

Dragon Main cannot continue to market Clovis at the level of previous years without full funding.

Dragon Main cannot put on a quality free to the public show without full lodger's tax funding.

I realize that Dragon Main is not the only event in Clovis.

And that the Lodgers tax requests are spread out to multiple events.

But Dragon Main reaches out nationally, promotes Clovis, and meets all of the lodger's tax requirements.

Thanks, Brian.

Board, anything.

Yeah, uh Brian.

I I know you guys put on a great event.

Um but it doesn't.

We don't, you know, looking at the funding, looking at the requests to to put another 32,000 into marketing for it at where we've where are we at with you guys?

30 38,000 being you know already allocated.

I think it's hard for the board to be able to justify full fund when we have so many other options.

I understand that.

But we cannot market Clovis without money.

And we meet all the larger tax requirements.

We play by all the rules, and we reach out nationally, literally nationally.

And bring in people from all over the country.

Yeah, and I mean unfortunately the argument could be made for the other applicants.

You know, and so it's up to the board to to try to do what's right by all the applicants.

Um if they don't apply, then they don't get, you know.

You you know, everybody here is coming with of of an application that can be funded.

So it's just a matter of money.

Um again, we know you guys put on a great event.

And it's just we the money's not there to do everything for everybody.

So we will again we will we will discuss it and we will try to find some more money to help you market.

Um and that's what we can we will tell you that it's all about promoting Clovis.

That's what we do this for.

Yeah.

When we started it, it was about making something to do in Clovis that would be fun for everybody and promote Clovis business.

Yeah.

So you charge all the restaurants to do your dragon main.

You charge for all the t-shirts and all the shirts we sold on all the property lots.

That's correct.

Where's the money going for that?

It goes back to the next event to pay for everything that we book.

But why is the event money always getting more and more every year?

Because we reach out more and more every year.

Last year we got cut back on funding and our event suffered because of it.

So we feel like that it's a it's a like for like.

So if you market more, you get more people.

And that's why.

Well, we marketed pretty well last year, and we didn't get much people.

And we did, and we paid the full amount for you guys.

So at your rest.

I mean it goes both ways, right?

We didn't we don't see very much difference in profit.

You don't see a full packed parking lot with your full packed restaurant.

Which is all your cars.

No.

Customers are going to other restaurants.

At the same time, you gotta look at the profit margin as well.

Yeah.

More help.

So cost more money.

So you see what I'm saying?

Going it goes both ways.

But you coming up here demanding.

I don't I don't I don't agree with that.

Uh Mr.

Chairman, I think.

We figured fill your restaurant up, so I don't know what to say.

And this probably isn't a discussion for for this meeting.

So again, the board will take it into consideration.

And thank you for coming up again.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Boom.

Next up, NRL Hunter, Grand Slam.

Makes me a little nervous now.

A little scared now.

Well, first of all, I am privileged to say that I'm glad to be up here for the third time.

Uh I know the first time I come up here, I promised you that I try to bring the finale to Clovis, and that is happening this year.

Uh there are about 32 matches, so this will not happen again for sure for the next 30 years until the rotation completes.

But so obviously we're bringing the NRL Hunter Grand Slam to Clovis, and that is bringing competition shooters, marksmen, the best marksmen throughout the world.

We're talking Australia, Italy, Spain.

It's open years, UK, Canada, US.

Uh myself, I'm going to a match next week, flying out to Pittsburgh to support something like this.

Uh I'm going out to eight matches as a PR move to be as a match director for the finale to just support as much matches as I can out of my own pocket to promote the finale of coming up this year.

Um we have about maybe about a 20% increase on people coming.

Um keep in mind that the finale is an invite only.

So the best of the best of over 15,000 people that are shooting throughout this league are going to be coming too close.

Okay.

Obviously we have more than 70 plus sponsors that are going to be sponsoring this match, manufacturers.

Our main season sponsor for this year is loophold.

I'm not sure if you're familiar with that optics company, but they are the ones that um I know for the past couple years has been Defiance Machine.

Uh I did not have a say on my sponsor for this year.

It's whoever sponsors the season sponsors the match.

So this year uh my lodges request is asking for 12, which is the same amount for last year.

Um I know on here I made a mistake where it says I put for two nights.

That is actually a lie.

It's gonna be from Wednesday to Sunday.

Some people might uh lag off to Monday when they leave, but originally most people will be arriving Wednesday um shooting the event Thursday, Friday that are helping with uh uh uh RO, which is I can't believe I forget what it stands for.

Um range officer, they're gonna be shooting the match and supporting the match.

And then we'll have our actual match Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Um other than that, be like marketing media, shirts, um mugs, pictures, uh trophies, and uh everything else.

Again, this is uh it's a n it's a national level match, but people from all over the world will be coming.

I kind of worded it wrong, or not wrong but weird.

Technically it is national, but everyone from all over will come to this match.

Talking special operations teams that I can't discuss who's coming or say who's coming from.

Three letter agencies will be coming as well.

And also the best civilians and best shooters in the world will be here as well.

So they've been happy every they've been happy every time they come.

They say uh I believe we are the only match that is sponsored by the city throughout all 30 matches.

I tell them that you guys do this, and then sometimes other match directors and even the league director is a little bit baffled that the city supports something like this.

Normally with politics involved, they kind of don't want to stick their hands in it.

But I will say that uh I am putting the spotlight when every time it gets brought up, and I kind of feel bad because some other match directors don't get this benefit or opportunity.

So thank you.

Um Justin.

Board questions?

Uh Mr.

Garay.

So I don't expect I can get an invitation for that.

Anyone can show up.

Also, I forgot to mention uh one thing that has changed for this year.

Uh normally the past couple years we have used a website called Practice Score and impact scoring, which is kind of like a closed off circuit to scores come on.

This time, if you really want to, you could be home and go to the NRL Hunter website and you can watch the match live.

Scoring updates, stages, stuff like that.

You can follow competitors, say you have like a favorite competitor.

You can follow them throughout the match.

It will be live.

As soon as their phone inputs the score, it goes directly to the site and you can see where everyone's scoring up and you can see how everything's looking.

So that's a new thing for this year.

That was pretty cool that came up.

Um they're still working out some kinks.

It's uh we're just fresh into the season.

I believe we've already shot four matches for this year, and we're just in March.

So uh for the next several weeks, we're looking at the next 28 matches to be supported.

And this you guys shoot out at the Caprock, is that we're gonna have to do that.

Shoot out the Caprock, but it's all advertises Clovis.

Everyone stays here, they stay north of town more uh majority.

Um very grateful for sometimes on the discounts in the hotels.

Uh I've had I can't think of one complaint that I've had from any competitor that's come at me with something that's related towards the town.

Other than that, um I know uh it's crazy because everyone talks about Texas Roadhouse here.

They say it's never a miss, so um.

Coming from snipers.

Yeah, yeah.

Pretty good marketing.

Yeah.

Um Realistically that's what it is.

I just don't like saying that because it kinda seems kind of like cliche, like, oh snipers.

But that's realistically what it is, yeah.

The best from the world.

Um, that's what I was asking to see if uh attendance is uh available.

And uh so like I said, we're expecting about a 20 percent increase, uh, but a majority of the time families do show up, so we're looking at I'd say realistically 400-ish people, including families, kids, and they watch.

I mean, it's I mean they're out there in terrain where people it's known to die out there, so I mean kids can do it, anyone can do it.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next up, Chamber of Commerce promotional goodie bags.

Hi, Kim.

Hi, y'all.

How are y'all?

Good.

Good, good, good.

So I'm just coming to you to ask um to help uh purchase uh goodie bags.

They're just the clear bags that we give out um when people come in uh for conventions or they're going out of town for conventions.

Um we make bags for them.

And then of course we use them for when we do the newcomers.

Um two weeks ago.

I want to say two weeks ago, I made 200 bags for the first responders uh convention that just uh nurse said, Justin Nut had here in Clovis.

And then I'm making some more for the back securing for their car show that they're having in April.

And so we give I think it was two years ago or a year and a half ago when I came.

So I try to order enough to last a year or year and a half.

So anybody that comes in um that's putting on a convention or going out of town and wants to take bags with them, um, we make bags for them and uh send them on their way.

Okay.

Board?

Any is that it, Kim?

Yeah, that's it.

Board questions.

No.

So what's the bag say on it, Kim?

It says City of Clovis.

No, no, no, I lied.

It has the branding logo that says Clovis on it.

That's almost like the City of Clovis logo there, but the dot is not above the eye, it's in the middle.

And then it says paid for in part by City of Clovis Logis Tax on it.

Is there a QR code on it?

There is not.

But I can add that on there.

Uh that would never miss.

I'm just saying.

It's a clear bag.

So yeah.

Okay.

All right.

So I I mean I think obviously we're just we'll figure it out.

Yeah, absolutely.

Um yeah.

I'm just gonna stand here.

You should.

You should.

Thank you.

Um the cooperative marketing and advertising fiscal year 27.

Right.

So it's a program that we do with New Mexico True Co-op.

We collaborate with the city and the county on it.

Um the number I put is an estimate.

Um they haven't we just had to submit our applications last week, and then we go again, New Mexico True comes in and tells us what they awarded if we got the award.

So we went in with the city on it.

So this would be um our part to promote uh the Clobus Sound Studio and Museum.

And it's a two to one matching grant.

So is it dependent on our match?

So with the city.

Is all three work together?

All three or or is it?

So we're just in collaboration with the city, so it's just the chamber and the city this time.

Oh, it's not not no county this round.

No county this round.

Is it include all this content?

Like you have a few like So yeah, so like you there's packages.

So this was just an example because we don't know what we we put in what we want, but um they haven't sent out the packages.

They're supposed to do that later this week or next week.

So like you can do a social media package, you can do um what's digital marketing in it, you can do a print package, you can do there's so many different packages that you you can choose from.

Okay.

So you can have steel photography, you can have or still images in it, you have the digital images, you have video, um, you can do um like billboard digital billboards, like in Dallas Airport, Denver Airport, or in LA, you know, to bring people to Clovis.

So like we're gonna be marketing basically, like I said, the sound studio and the museum.

I believe the city is um our the main focus is I think is still parks.

So to show what we have.

Okay.

And Kim, is that just for the year?

So we've all seen the New Mexico True campaigns.

And so do you do we have to apply and get a package every year?

Because I know we've done it in the past.

Yes.

Okay.

Mr.

Carz, anything?

No, Freddie?

Thank you, Kim.

Thank you.

Uh black the next one up, Black Pearl.

Earl Large Boxing Legacy.

Sorry, Earl.

My eyes are getting there.

Good, sir.

Uh I got Danny with us.

Oh.

Hi.

So we're on our eighth event, of course.

And uh doing really good stuff.

We've moved.

So our last event, we were projecting 25 ballots, which turned into 39 ballots.

And uh it was a lot of a lot of fights.

But anyway, uh a month before we're already solidified on this on a ball schedule, and we still have team multitude of teams trying to get in, so it's really uh showing what we're bringing to the table here in Clovis when it comes to boxing.

Uh our next event will be May 16th, and we are it will be a one-day event.

And uh we're looking for the same numbers as well.

Thank you.

Um Curry County Fairgrounds?

Was were you there last time?

Yes, sir.

How did that go?

It was beautiful.

Okay.

Yes, sir.

Um board questions.

You do get people uh coming in the day before, right?

Yes, yes, because they have the weigh-ins at eight in the morning, so a lot of people got to travel to get here, you know, on time.

You know, unless it's like somewhere in Amarillo or Ludwig, but yeah, the long distance teams do have to come down here the day the day before.

Okay.

How far away do you draw teams from?

Uh El Paso, Texas, Albuquerque, Odessa, Midland, Kansas, Louisiana.

So uh we had a 78 total kids fighting.

So it's a very good show.

Board good?

We're good.

Thank you, Mr.

Large.

We did ask for a double on the uh belts just because last time we requested funds, we were only prepared for 25 bouts.

We ended up with 39 bouts.

So um and like Earl mentioned, we had a long waiting list of kids that we were not able to put in competition because we did not prepare for a two-day event.

So um of course we want this event to grow, so we will um be looking for a two-day event so we can um have more children in our event.

In the future you're looking for a two-day event?

Yes, absolutely.

Well, we we do host two-day events in September.

Well, we're looking to uh we host three events a year, so we're looking to do February and May as two day events as well.

So actually it'll be two-day events, three events that we host.

Three times, yeah.

Yeah.

Perfect.

Thank you both.

Thank you.

Last application.

Mr.

Chairman.

Oh, did you uh little ballers?

Yes, number seven.

Oh, I missed them, didn't I?

Yes, sir.

Ooh.

Oh, I did.

I did.

Um second to last application.

Little ballers incorporated.

So I'm just gonna hand y'all first ball on top of you guys.

Sounds good.

Uh, thank you.

Yes, sir.

So good evening, everybody.

My name is Tristan Potler.

I'm here on behalf of the Little Ballers Organization.

Uh this organization is a nonprofit organization here in town that is looking to provide some opportunity for our youth programs here for athletics, and we're putting on tournaments.

So, you know, for example, one in the past here this summer, uh, we put on the NFL flag football tournament, and that was you know a fantastic success here.

We had teams come from Roswell, Lovington, you know, Artesia, just all over the state of New Mexico, Eastern New Mexico and West Texas.

And now um I'm actually in charge of putting on the junior MBA, the Clovis Youth Slam Jam tournament.

We've got in touch with the MBA commissioners and they've approved us to use their logo and to actually provide MBA jerseys to the players and to you know basically promote the MBA and the junior MBA program that they've actually started here in the United States.

So what we're doing now is on April 25th and 26th.

It's a two-day basketball tournament for two age groups.

We have a third and fourth grade division and a fifth and sixth grade division.

So on the the front of that paper, I've given you guys kind of a layout of the costs that we have.

So rather than just asking for money, I want to give you guys spelled out what it is that we're actually asking for.

So you know, for the facility, we've actually had to go through Clovis municipal schools now, and our organization is now looking to partner with the Clovis schools and using their facilities.

Um to use the facilities in Clovis, they charge, you know, uh for the first four hours, depending on which facility it is that they're gonna charge more for, you know, the rock or the theater that we have here, the auditorium at Marshall.

And we're gonna be using the what is now the I Academy here.

It's got the main gym and the auxiliary gym.

I'm actually the athletics coordinator for the freshman academy here at the schools, so I'll be the one putting on the tournament at the facility that I'm familiar with.

I can organize it all and you know, we have to pay the facility uh request fees, the referees and the referees that we're gonna have are actually gonna be our high school athletes.

We're gonna train them.

Jalen Gallegos does a lot of officiating here for the state of New Mexico with Ed Shipley, and he's gonna provide them training.

So they're gonna be uh essentially they're gonna be certified, if you will, uh to do this and put this tournament on.

Uh my kids as well are gonna play in this.

We go to basketball tournaments every single weekend.

We're going to Lubbock, Amarillo, Hereford, Bovina, Friona.

We're going all over the place, but uh I don't know if you guys know, but I don't know if we've had another basketball tournament here in Clovis and in God knows how long.

You know, we don't have anything here in town for our kids, and we're looking to actually start getting that going with the little ballers organization.

We're gonna look at putting on, you know, uh a flag football league here in town this summer, and the Clovis municipal schools is gonna have us partner with them to start putting on all of their tournaments this summer.

They're gonna put on the camp, we're gonna put on the tournament.

So what we're asking for right now, the request here is it seems like a small fraction of what's being requested right now from the other members.

And you know, the seven thousand dollars is gonna go to you know, even a fraction of the total cost that we have.